Windows 7: Hotkeys
Posted in Windows 7 on January 28th, 2009 by Allen – Be the first to comment
Brandon Paddock, a Microsoft Employee, posted on his blog the list of new hotkeys for Windows 7 Beta. I decided to test out some of these hotkeys on my Windows 7 box at work. Here are some of my findings.
The zoom command, Win++, is just clunky. Why not implement a similar zoom interface as OS X? Why have it launch an App that takes upwards of five to ten seconds to launch? Win+Space is just useless. It provides you a peek of the desktop, but you can’t interact with the desktop at all. Win+D already hides all open applications, why the need for a peek?
There are a few hotkeys worth mentioning though, starting with Win+P. This will be extremely useful for those with Notebooks. Instead of searching for the function key (which is different on each brand of notebooks), you can now decide how you want to display the desktop when connected to an external monitor with a standardized hotkey. Finally, Win+Shift+Left/Right allows you to switch between multiple displays. Previously with multiple displays, if you have your windows maximized, without any third party solutions, you would have to: resize the window, drag to desired monitor, and then maximize it again. Seems petty, but when you do it a lot, it gets annoying. Those are just a few of the new hotkeys, which ones do you like so far or look like you will use in the future?